Famous Deaths In August - 05

1927  Tom Groube, cricketer (Test for Australia 1880), dies on August - 05.   

1929  Death of Millicent Fawcett, British suffragist (b. 1847) on this day in history.   

1931  On August - 05 ullrich Haupt, actor (Morocco, Du Barry-Woman of Passion), dies at 43   

1932  On August - 05 israel Querido, writer (Jordan), dies   

1934  On August - 05 neville Quinn, cricketer (12 Tests for S Africa), dies at 26   

1940  On August - 05 frederick A Cook, US, explorer (North Pole), dies at 75   

1943  On this day in history adam Kuckhoff, writer, dies at 55   

1944  Maurice Turnbull, cricketer (England)/rugby (Wales), dies on August - 05.   

1946  Death of Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863) on August - 05.   

1947  On this day in history joannes D M Cornelissen, historian (Johann de White), dies   

1950  Emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemistry, dies at 73 on August - 05.   

1952  On August - 05 death of sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist (b. 1917)   

1955  On August - 05 carmen Miranda, singer/actress (Down Argentine Way), dies at 42   

1957  Heinrich O Wieland, German chemist (Nobel 1927), dies at 80 on August - 05.   

1958  Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1959  On August - 05 edgar Guest, US poet/newspaperman, dies at 77   

1960  Death of Arthur Meighen, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874) on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history eva JC Beck, actress (Elckerlyc, Resurrection), dies at 63   

1962  Death of Marilyn Monroe, found dead of apparent self-inflicted drug OD at 35 on August - 05.   

1963  Death of Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898) on August - 05.   

1964  On August - 05 moa Martinson, writer, dies   

1966  On this day in history austin Diamond, cricketer (Australian capt to America 1913), dies   

1968  Death of Luther Perkins American guitarist on this day in history.   

1971  Josef Stanislav, composer, dies at 74 on August - 05.   

1972  Frederic Tozere, actor (Mr Phillips-Stanley), dies at 71 on August - 05.   

1976  Adrian Roland Holst, poet (Past the Roads), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history charles Carson, actor (Cry the Beloved Country), dies at 87   

1978  On August - 05 queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79   

1980  On this day in history death of harold Runnels, American politician (b. 1924)   

1982  On this day in history wanda Rotha, actress (Mrs Fitzherbert), dies at 72   

1983  On this day in history judy Canova, singer/comedienne (Chatterbox), dies of cancer at 66   

1984  On August - 05 howard Culver, actor (Howie-Gunsmoke), dies at 66   

1985  On this day in history theodore Sturgeon, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67   

1987  Zygmunt Mycielsky, composer, dies at 79 on August - 05.   

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1301  On this day in history birth of edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)   

1397  Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) was born on this day in history.   

1461  Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506) was born on August - 05.   

1540  On this day in history birth of joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating   

1604  On August - 05 birth of john Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized   

1607  On August - 05 birth of philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer   

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer was born on August - 05.   

1624  William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America was born on this day in history.